The usefulness of late-blight resistant sárpo cultivars - A case study

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 834, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-166

  White, S ^a   Shaw, D ^a  

^a Henfaes Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field trials; Foliage resistance; Late blight; Low input; Phytophthora infestans; Strain Blue 13; Tuber resistance

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 75949129286     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.834.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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